If I had to face something like that every moment of every day, I would rather never see again!
Just as she was about to stab down—
"I ran into a girl on my way home yesterday."
A voice suddenly rang out, and Ryougi Shiki instinctively turned toward the door.
Although she could not see, she recognized the owner of the voice—
It was that suspicious young healer, Shirou.
The red-haired boy walked to Ryougi Shiki's bedside and sat down as usual.
"The girl was being harassed by a few thugs. Since she was an underclassman at the school attended by someone I know, I stepped in and dealt with them."
"Did you come here to brag about your heroic rescue of a damsel in distress?"
Ryougi Shiki clicked her tongue in displeasure, and Shirou replied with a smile.
"Not at all. That sort of thing isn't important. What matters is that I discovered the girl I rescued was somewhat special."
"She seemed to possess a pair of unusual eyes by nature... eyes that could turn the objects within her field of vision into flat surfaces.
"No matter what it was, to her eyes, everything looked like 'something drawn on paper'...
"Then, all she had to do was lightly pick up that sheet of paper and twist it into a ball."
Shirou grabbed Ryougi Shiki's wrist and stuffed a cold metal object into her hand.
The girl frowned. After touching it with her fingers, she realized—it was a bent spoon.
After a brief silence, Ryougi Shiki asked,
"And what happened to the girl?"
"When she was four, she lost her special vision... Her father removed her abnormal ability by dulling her senses through long-term administration of painkillers.
"And now—the girl can no longer feel pain at all."
"Hmph."
Ryougi Shiki